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signals: do_tkill: don't use tasklist_lock
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
signals-do_tkill-dont-use-tasklist_lock.patch
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Subject: signals: do_tkill: don't use tasklist_lock
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Convert do_tkill() to use rcu_read_lock() + lock_task_sighand() to avoid
taking tasklist lock.
Note that we don't return an error if lock_task_sighand() fails, we pretend
the task dies after receiving the signal. Otherwise, we should fight with the
nasty races with mt-exec without having any advantage.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/signal.c | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/signal.c~signals-do_tkill-dont-use-tasklist_lock kernel/signal.c
--- a/kernel/signal.c~signals-do_tkill-dont-use-tasklist_lock
+++ a/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2206,6 +2206,7 @@ static int do_tkill(int tgid, int pid, i
int error;
struct siginfo info;
struct task_struct *p;
+ unsigned long flags;
error = -ESRCH;
info.si_signo = sig;
@@ -2214,7 +2215,7 @@ static int do_tkill(int tgid, int pid, i
info.si_pid = task_tgid_vnr(current);
info.si_uid = current->uid;
- read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+ rcu_read_lock();
p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
if (p && (tgid <= 0 || task_tgid_vnr(p) == tgid)) {
error = check_kill_permission(sig, &info, p);
@@ -2222,13 +2223,12 @@ static int do_tkill(int tgid, int pid, i
* The null signal is a permissions and process existence
* probe. No signal is actually delivered.
*/
- if (!error && sig && p->sighand) {
- spin_lock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock);
+ if (!error && sig && lock_task_sighand(p, &flags)) {
error = specific_send_sig_info(sig, &info, p);
- spin_unlock_irq(&p->sighand->siglock);
+ unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
}
}
- read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return error;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are
git-hrt.patch
kthread-call-wake_up_process-without-the-lock-being-held.patch
mmap_region-cleanup-the-final-vma_merge-related-code.patch
remove-unused-variable-from-send_signal.patch
turn-legacy_queue-macro-into-static-inline-function.patch
consolidate-checking-for-ignored-legacy-signals.patch
consolidate-checking-for-ignored-legacy-signals-simplify.patch
signals-do_signal_stop-use-signal_group_exit.patch
signals-do_group_exit-use-signal_group_exit-more-consistently.patch
lock_task_sighand-add-rcu-lock-unlock.patch
k_getrusage-dont-take-rcu_read_lock.patch
do_task_stat-dont-take-rcu_read_lock.patch
signals-consolidate-checks-for-whether-or-not-to-ignore-a-signal.patch
signals-clean-dequeue_signal-from-excess-checks-and-assignments.patch
signals-consolidate-send_sigqueue-and-send_group_sigqueue.patch
signals-cleanup-security_task_kill-usage-implementation.patch
signals-re-assign-cld_continued-notification-from-the-sender-to-reciever.patch
kill_pid_info-dont-take-now-unneeded-tasklist_lock.patch
handle_stop_signal-unify-partial-full-stop-handling.patch
handle_stop_signal-use-the-cached-p-signal-value.patch
get_signal_to_deliver-use-the-cached-signal-sighand-values.patch
signals-send_sigqueue-dont-take-rcu-lock.patch
signals-send_sigqueue-dont-forget-about-handle_stop_signal.patch
signals-__group_complete_signal-cache-the-value-of-p-signal.patch
signals-send_group_sigqueue-dont-take-tasklist_lock.patch
signals-move-handle_stop_signal-into-send_signal.patch
signals-do_tkill-dont-use-tasklist_lock.patch
ptrace-introduce-task_detached-helper.patch
reparent_thread-use-same_thread_group.patch
document-de_thread-with-exit_notify-connection.patch
ptrace-introduce-ptrace_reparented-helper.patch
ptrace-__ptrace_unlink-use-the-ptrace_reparented-helper.patch
workqueues-shrink-cpu_populated_map-when-cpu-dies.patch
workqueues-shrink-cpu_populated_map-when-cpu-dies-fix.patch
cleanup_workqueue_thread-remove-the-unneeded-cpu-parameter.patch
simplify-cpu_hotplug_begin-put_online_cpus.patch
redo-locking-of-tty-pgrp.patch
resume-tty-on-susp-and-fix-crnl-order-in-n_tty-line-discipline.patch
tty_io-fix-remaining-pid-struct-locking.patch
tty_io-fix-remaining-pid-struct-locking-small-cleanup.patch
procfs-task-exe-symlink.patch
procfs-task-exe-symlink-fix.patch
procfs-task-exe-symlink-fix-2.patch
free_pidmap-turn-it-into-free_pidmapstruct-upid.patch
put_pid-make-sure-we-dont-free-the-live-pid.patch
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